Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4677, Ambrose Gaylord, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Gaylord, Ambrose Eleanor
W. 4677 B.L. Wt. 290-100.
CONTENTS

Regulations under act March 1823, sent, 29 Jan. 1824, to Hon. McKean, N.P.R.
See Letter to Hon. J. M c Kean Feb 2 1824.
Notification sent November 10. 1824 A. Beaumont, Wilkesbarre.
(2404)
Pennsylvania
Ambrose Gaylord, Capt Ransom private
Connecticut line 6 yrs the army of the United States during the Revolution
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to comm the 17 th of April, 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 17 th of and sent to Thos. Bruns Wilkesbarre, Pa.
arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. Amnt 18/30 31 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819.
{ Revolution Act 18th

N o 67. 18290
Ambrose Gaylord
private. Comm.
1829
Witnessed by J. A. B. 1829 J. Col. to Mr. Gaylord

2907 Hezekiah  Pennsylvania  Chas. Gaylord  son of Andrew Gaylord who served in the Revolutionary War
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1848.
certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Feb. 49 and sent to  Wm. D. Wilson  Hezekiah Gaylord
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under the Act of Feb. 28, 1848. Page 223 Vol. 2
Nephi  son of  John  May 16 49
Dept. of War  Feb 1849  to J. A. Hugh  June 2/49
J. L. Lewis, Am. 1849

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
LUZERNE COUNTY, ss.
On this fourteenth day of April AD 1818 before me the subscriber, President Judge of the Eleventh Judicial district in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appears Ambrose Gaylord aged Sixty one years & five months, resident in Branchville in the County of Luzerne — in the State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That he the said Ambrose Gaylord — enlisted in The Wyoming Valley in the state of Pennsylvania — in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Hanscomb — in Sept. 1776 of the after mentioned attached to the first Connecticut Regt Col: Zeb: Butler Connecticut line — that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States, until the Seventh of June 1783. — — — when he was discharged from service in West Point — state of New York that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Red Bank, Red Bank, and other — and that he gave his discharge to Col: John Franklin when he went to obtain his letter and has not received the said discharge
And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support—and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Except the testimony of Isaac Harding here present.
Sworn to, subscribed and declared, Before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ph. Brown
Ambrose Gaylord
On the same day and at the same place came Isaac Harding who being duly sworn did depose and declare that he has known Ambrose Gaylord since he was a boy that he enlisted in 1776 and served in the same Regt with him all part of the time in the same Company thro' the Revolutionary War and that he was discharged at the same time he the deponent was at West Point in 1783 —
Isaac Harding
Sworn to, subscribed the day & year aforesaid Ph. Brown

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I, [Signature: P. Burnside] — President Judge of the eleventh Judicial district in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said [Signature: Andrew Gaylord] did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the proceeding declaration, against the Common Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
[Large, stylized signature: P. Burnside]
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, LUZERNE COUNTY, ss.
I, [Signature: Andrew Beaumont] — Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne aforesaid do certify and make known that [Signature: Thomas Burnside] is, and was at the time of signing and taking the foregoing depositions and certifying the same, President Judge of the 11th Judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania, that the signature is his proper hand writing, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and Seal of Office, at Wilkesbarre, in the County of Luzerne aforesaid, the twentieth day of April A D 1818
[Signature: Andrew Beaumont] [Seal: Andrew Beaumont]

Ambrose Gaylord Set him free his service by the testimony of some state authority or of two persons (Cer- -tified by the Judge to be credible) who have personal know- -ledge of his having served as stated —
The military Service Standing is not found on the rolls.
War Dept
Pers. Off
2d May 1818
Wm. ... The ... ... on

State of Pennsylvania — Luzerne County ss. —
On this eighth day of August A D 1818 before me the Subscriber Associate Judge of the court of common pleas in and for the said County of Luzerne in the eleventh Judicial District in the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania personally appears Rufus Ben- net a resident in the Township of Hanover in the County aforesaid being by me duly sworn according to law doth depose and say That he was a soldier in the revolutionary war and that he is now placed on the pension list by the Secretary at War — That he enlisted in Capt Samuel Ransom company about the first Sept. A D 1776 at Wyoming in said County during the pleasure of Congress that they were attached to the first Connecticut regt under Col. Zeb: Butler in the Connecticut line and that Ambrose Gaylord and the Affiant named in the annexed certificate enlisted about the same time with this deponent in Capt Sam l Ransoms company and served with him in the same company and most of the time in the same mess during the war —
Rufus Bennet
Sworn and subscribed before me the Day & year above mentioned —
Jesse Fell

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
On this eight day of August A.D. 1818 before me the Subscriber Associate Judge of the Commonwealth in and for the county of Luzerne in the eleventh Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appears Matthias Hollenbach Esquire of the Borough of Wilkesbarre in the County of Luzerne aforesaid who being by me duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he was commissioned an Ensign in Capt. Sam l . Ransom's Company about the month of August or Sept. A.D. 1776 and continued to serve in said Company under the length of of the War until the Connecticut line for about the time for about fifteen or sixteen months That Ambrose Gaylord the Applicant in the Annexed Certificate named was enlisted in the same Company under Capt. Sam l . Ransom during the pleasure of Congress in the service of the United States and and was in the service of the United States during the time the deponent continued in the service With them being about fifteen or sixteen months and afterwards was knowing to his continuing in the same service for some time —
Matthias Hollenbach
Sworn & Subscribed before me the day & year above mentioned
Isaac Bell

I Jesse Fell Associate Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Luzerne in the eleventh Judicial district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that I am well acquainted with Rufus Bennett and Matthias Kellenbach Esquires the deponents in the two foregoing deposition and that they are creditable persons and full reliance may be placed in their declarations
Jesse Fell
State of Pennsylvania } Luzerne County ss. }
I Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Luzerne aforesaid do certify and make known that Jesse Fell Esquire is and was at the time of signing and taking the foregoing depositions and certifying the same an Associate Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for the said County of Luzerne in the eleventh Judicial District in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that the signature is his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Wilkesbarre in the County of Luzerne the eighth day of August A.D. 1818.
Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary

District of Pennsylvania ss
On this 8 th day of August A.D. 1820 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas herein at Wilkes-Barre for the County of Luzerne being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings. Ambrose Gaylord aged sixty five years resident in Luzerne County in said district. Who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by Acts of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818 and the 18 th of May 1820. - That he served in the Revolutionary War in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Ransom in the Regiment commanded by Col. Gebulon Butler in the line of the state of Connecticut and has obtained a pension under the Act of the 18 th of March 1818 his Certificate being numbered 2,404.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift, Sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Ambrose Gaylord
Schedule of Property
I have besides necessary clothing and bedding Three Cows $45. Four Yearlings $20. Four Calves $8 Two Hogs 1 year old $8. Three old Pigs $37.50 Two old Sows Six old Chairs One Iron Pot broken One Iron Pot broken One old Tin Kettle One Broken Chair & Table Four Dying Hill fowls one Old waggon $15. One old Harrow $2.00 Two Horses old $20.00 Two old Axes Two old Saws One old Chest One Broken Oak Kettle Five Tea Cups & Saucers Six Plates fifteen Cups

about One hundred Acres land one third is third rate and two thirds fourth rate (for State Commissioners Surveys worth about $500 - The following debts are due to me and recoverable One Debt of a Vintey -
I am interested in the following sums
One debt of Two hundred eighty eight dollars or thereabouts due the State of Pennsylvania which debt is a lien on my lands - One Debt of Forty Dollars, One debt of Fifty five dollars - One debt of Forty Two dollars One debt of Twenty five dollars, One debt of Twenty Dollars One debt of Nine dollars.
I am by trade a Blacksmith but by reason of age and infirmities am not able to pursue that occu- pation I have a family of six Children residing with me and my Wife Eliza aged Forty eight years and is infirm like myself -
  Ambrose my eldest Son  is 19 years  October next    Yelis  aged 17 years  February do    Eliza Daughter  aged 14 years  July last    Louisa do  aged 11 years  March next    Susan do  aged 9 years  October do    George Hamilton Son  aged 5 years  August    Jemima Galow a Cripple unable to work and dependent on me for support aged Sixty one years  Living in Open Court
Ambrose Gaylor
8 August 1820 c C A No record Post
State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, ss
I Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto an- nexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is in the sum of Eight thousand and thirty seven dollars

State of Pennsylvania Wyoming County
On this 25 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable William Joseph President and his associates Judges of The Court of Common Pleas and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden atunkhannock in and for the County aforesaid Eleanor Gaylord a resident of the Township of Braintree in the County of Wyoming and State of Pennsylvania aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her solemn oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 17 th AD 1844 An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows That she is the widow of Ambrose Gaylord who was a private Soldier of Infantry in the Connecticut line of the Army of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States Under the Act of Congress entitled an Act for the relief of certain surviving offi- cers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved 15 May 1828 and to whom a Certificate of pension was Issued No 731 and bearing date the 3 rd day of August 1829 And for evidence more fully a reference may be had to the records in the pension office where his name may be found inscribed on the pension roll list at the rate of six dollars and fifty cents a month She further declares that she was ma- rried to the said Ambrose Gaylord on the fifteenth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and ninety one by a Bap Philips who is now dead and that she never had a marriage certificate and cannot find any record of her marriage and that there is no person now living who was present at the wedding and that her husband the aforesaid Ambrose Gaylord died on the twelfth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty four that she was not

married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
Witness present at signing
Myrsus
Eleanor rev X Gaylord mother
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court this 25 Dec 1844
Myrsus Pres Judge
Wyoming County in the State of Pennsylvania } ss
On this 16 th day of January A D eighteen hundred & forty five Personally appeared before me Henry Love a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Wyoming aforesaid William Barney a resident of the township of Windham in the said County aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he has lived in the adjoining town and been personally acquainted with Ambrase Gaylord late a pensioner of the United States and Eleanor his wife for at least fifty three years and upwards and that he went in company with his wife to see Ambrase Gaylord and Eleanor his wife married and when we got to the house where they were intended to be married they concluded to go to the Magistrate and he married instead of sending for him they went came back and said they were married and they have ever since lived together until the day of his death as man and wife and raised a large family together and I recollect that we had then but one child a daughter who is now about fifty five years old and further I doth not know
Sworn to and Subscribed this 16 th day of January A D 1845 before me
William M c Farland
Henry Love Justice Peace

State of Pennsylvania Wyoming County
ss
On this 16th day of January A.D. eighteen hundred and forty five personally appeared before me Henry Love a justice of the peace in and for the County of Wyoming of said Prudence Barney a resident of the township of Windham in the said County aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and her oath says that she has resided in the adjoining town to Ambrose Gaylord late a pensioner of the United States and Eleanor his wife and been intimately acquainted with them for at least fifty three years and that she went with her husband to see the said Ambrose Gaylord and Eleanor his wife married and when we got to the house where the wedding was intended to be in consequence of the roads being new and bad and the Magistrate who was going to marry them was an old man and could not get over the rough roads so handy as young people and the said Ambrose Gaylord and Eleanor his wife went as they said to the Magistrate and was married and that they have ever since lived together until the day of his death as man and wife and have raised a large family together and I verily believe that they were duly married and that I then had but one child a daughter who is now about fifty five years old and further saith not
Witness my signing
Henry Love
Cyrus Clapp
Prudence her
Barney mark
{ Sworn to and subscribed this 16th day of January A.D. 1845 before me }
Henry Love J. Peace

State of Pennsylvania
Wyoming County } ss
[Seal] I Henry Love a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, before whom the within affidavits were taken, do certify that I am personally acquainted and have been for upwards of twenty five years with William and Prudence Parney and that they are old and Respectable people and that full faith and credit can be given to their the evidence in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Windham township this 16 th day of January A.D. 1845
Henry Love Justice of Peace
State of Pennsylvania Wyoming County } ss
I James Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas holden at Sunkhanock in and for the said County of Wyoming do hereby certify that William Jessup is the President Judge of the several Courts holden at Sunkhanock in and for said County and
that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine And I do further certify that Henry Love is a Magistrate as above stated and that full faith and credit are to be given to all his acts as such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Sunkhanock this day of January A.D. one Thousand Eight hundred and forty five
James Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas By W. M. Moore
Rec d Jan 27 1845

Luzerne County SS The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania To whom this may concern I John Phillips a acting Justice of the Peace in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & ninety three I joined in the solemn Bonds of Matrimony Ambrose Gaylord to Miss Eliza Comstock on the ninth day of Sept seventeen hundred & ninety three as appears by my Record of marriage as witness my hand at Abington Township the 29 th day of August A D 1875 don in the presence of John Phillips of Reynolds J Re

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss. §
I William Penn Miner, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Luzerne aforesaid, do certify that John Phillips, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, was an acting Justice of the Peace for the said County of Luzerne as appears of Record in the proper Office in said County, on the ninth day of September A.D. One thousand seven hundred and ninety three, duly commissioned and sworn. And I do further certify that M. Reynolds Esq. whose signature appears as a Witness on said certificate, now is and was at the time of signing said certificate as a witness, an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Luzerne, and that the signature purporting to be his is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Wilkes Barre this first day of June 1848. —
W P Miner Prot. By Hugh Hall

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ambrose Gaylord a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 4677
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1776 to June 21 1783 Pri. Samuel Ransom { Zebulon Butler John Durkee Conn.                                     
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl at Wyoming Luzerne Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 17, 1818. His cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Braintree, Luzerne Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 61 yrs and 5 mos.
Remarks: He mar. Sept. 9, 1793 Eleanor Comstock. He died June 12, 1844 and she was allowed pension on an appl. ex Dec. 25, 1844 while 81 yrs old and a resident of Braintree Twp., Luzerne Co., Pa. Children: Ambrose, b. Oct. 1801; Giles, b. Feb. 1804; Eleanor, b. July 1806; Louisa, b. Mch. 1810; Susan, b. Oct. 1811; George Ham- ilton, b. Aug. 1815. Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Gaylord, Ambrose Conn. W4677

I Forth value Received I owe over all My Right Sister Elaine & Dorothea to a Lorraine Ditch given to Me for Sowing During the War Dated June 7 1783 to William Winkaps of am Spalding Christopher Gayson
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Reported
569 Phil. Pennsylvania Eleanor Gaylord widow of Ambrose Gaylord who was a Private in the Reservists Husband died 22 June '49.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 22th day of March June 1844.
12 June Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feb. 1849, and sent to
Wm. D. Wilson W. B. Stephens
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2 - Page 108 .

1956 Aditya

N 13660
Eleanor Gaylord
Pa
Lt. Genl. D. Lillie
Jan 19th '48
Her b. Brittas Jan 21, 49.
act 7 July 1838

No 13460 ad 44 50 Eleanor Geylud wid of Anthone Pa act 7 May 1838 Rebecca Mustard and 12 June 44 adms acts 17 June 44 & 2 nd July 48, $80 00 per an m-12 June 44
Hon D. Milnot House of Reps

Ambrose Gaylord, Pa. act 15 May 1828 $80. per ann
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office Feby. 20 1849
G. S. A. Died 12 th June 1844, Paid to his death 12/13.

cannot be allowed - Has too much property in his possession, $510-
See letter to applicant of the 25 th Sept. 1924. -

Ambrose Gaylord, Private Co B Battery Regt. Conn. Line
was he claimed as entitled to bounty land
Land bounty was granted to Ambrose Gaylord a Private of the 1 st Regt Conn t Land on the 5 th Jan y 1792
MB

House of Reps
Dec. 17. 1848
Col. J. L. Edwards Court of Pleadings
Sir
I herewith enclose you additional evidence in the case of Eliza Gaylord, widow of Ambrose Gaylord decd.
Respectfully
Yours &
Charles Butler

May 25. 1829.
Dr Sir.
I have recd two or three notes from you enquiring after the certificate of Elmer Gaylord. I have a lot of Books papers & cor- -respondence which has not as yet reached here, and if I have the certificate it must be among the papers in that lot. I will examine as soon as it arrives and inform you.
Yours D. Wilbur

Land War t N o : 5839. for 100. acres, issued the 5 th Jan y . 1752 to Ambrose Gaylord, who was a private in the Connecticut Continental line —

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February 20th 1806
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to Abraham Beekman the warrant which shall be made for the within mentioned land
James G. Cooper Secy
To the Secretary at War
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To all people to whom these presents shall come greeting Know ye that I Ambrose Gaylord a soldier in the Late Army of the United States of America - for the consideration of the sum of two Dollars to me in hand paid by James Carpenter the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have given granted bargained and sold to the said James Carpenter all my right title interest claim or demand in and unto any lands or right of land due to me for services done in the Army of the United States of America during the late war with Great Britain together with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him and to his heirs and assigns forever in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty eight day of July 1806
In presence of us
Joel Denny
Samuel Hodge
Ambrose Gaylord
On the 29th day of July AD 1806 personally came Ambrose Gaylord the signor and sealer of the above written instrument and acknowledged the same to be his own free act and deed before me
Benjamin Carpenter justice of the peace
Witness my hand and seal

In the Common Pleas of Luzerne County - of the Term of November. 1804
John Dorrance } Judg t - - - - - $551. 34 vs } Costs } 7. 20 Ambrose Gaylord } Int from 5 day of July 1814
Philadelphia Bank } N o 98 Aug. 7. 1822. Judg t $155. 00 vs } Costs } 25. 11 Ambrose Gaylord } Int from 27 Aug. 1822 - Lucia Gaylord & Daria Shoemaker.
Nicholas Overfield } N o 47. April 7. 1817. Judg t $150. 00 vs } Int from 5 Feb y 1817 - Ambrose Gaylord
State of Pennsylvania } Luzerne County. ss }
Charles D. Shoemaker Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do Certify the foregoing Judgments to appear of Record in the said Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County and remain unsatisfied In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Signed my Name and affixed the seal of said Court at Wilkes-Barre this twenty ninth day of May Anno Domini 1824
Chas D Shoemaker Trust

Washington 25 Dec 1877
For L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions D r Sir
I have been requested to ascertain the reasons for the reduction of the per annum pension of Ambrose Gaylord of Luzerne County Penn a a revolutionary soldier
The facts as I am informed are that he was first placed on the pension roll under the act of Congress of 1818 - left off under the act of 1820 that under the first law he drew 90 dollars per year was placed on the pension roll again under the act of 1828 but his pension reduced to $6 62 1/2 per month - The re-enactment of this last act is the cause of reducing his pension we intend applying for an increase of pension to Congress
Please inform me
Yours &
D. P. Smith A. J. C.

In relation to the debt of two hundred eighty eight dollars mentioned in the Schedule of Ambrose Gaylord, I can state that it occurs under a local law of Penn a and is actually a lien upon his land. I have seen the Patents for the land upon which the same is a lien and the certificate upon them, and believe the sum is correct or nearly so. It is the purchase money which is due to the State of the land
Peter Denison N.C.
Jan 11. 1823
Hon J. E. Calhoun } Sec of War }

Washington Jan. 22. 1857
Gen. C. Heath Com. of Pensions Sir
I enclose you herewith an application in the case of Eleanor Bayliss widow of Ambrose. claiming a pension under the resolution of 1 July 1841. $96 per annum being the amt. she has received since the act 18 March 1841.
I remain your most obedt. Servt. Alex. Ray
I have her pension est. under act 2 July 1841 in Mrs. Land. for the living.

Payment to be made at
Philadelphia
J. R. Snowden, Esq.,
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Phil. Penn.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page 108.
Th. Dampkin, Clerk.

War Department.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of June 17th, 1844, Eleanor Gaylord, of Pennsylvania, widow of Ambrose Gaylord who was a Private in the Revolution, and died on the 12th day of July  Oct 1844, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty  Twelve dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the 1th March , 1844, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1848, unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 22nd day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
E
in signed.
A. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Penzance Office 1 st June 1809,
Col. J. C. Edwards Sir
I left some two weeks ago a Statement underneath in the case of Ellenor  Young 2 Lord setting forth certain facts therein. Upon the strength of which, I was informed that Mr. Dain Wilms + M c L would be written to on the subject I then wrote Mr. M c L, & this enclosure is his reply to me. I now ask that new certif- =icates be issued in the case, as the whole difficulty in the  it case has grown out of a blunder in the Penzance Office. When certainly can be no justice in withholding to a poor & length of time, the little stipend to which the widow is entitled; on the other hand the office should be the more ready to issue a certificate for the above reason.
Respectfully &c.
W. H. Peugh

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Eleanor Gaylord of Pennsylvania, widow of Ambr. Seer Gaylord, who was a Private re in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum; commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 22 nd day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
A. L. Maclay
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Wyoming } Gs.
On this 16 th day of January 1851 before me Henry Love a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Mrs Eleanor Gaylord widow of Ambrus Gaylord who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath state, that she is now in the receipt of a pen- sion under Act 2 d February 1848, at the rate of $ 80- per annum, and the object of this declaration being made is to assert a claim through my Agent and Attorney Mr. Alexander Ray of Washington, under Joint Resolution of 1. July 1848. claiming an allowance of pension at $96 - a year being the same rate, her late husband received under Act 18. March 1818.
Sworn to and subscribed on } the day and year first above } written - before me
Henry Love justice of the Peace
Witness present at signing
Deputy Sheriff W. D. Ingham
Eleanor her X Gaylord mark

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Wyoming County ss
J. P. M. Ashhurst Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County, do hereby certify that Mary Love Esquire before whom the within affidavit was, taken is and was, at the time thereof a regular acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned & sworn and qualified to administer oaths, and that the signature thereunto attached purporting to be his is genuine In Witness Whereof. I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court the 17 th day of January A.D. 1857.
J. P. M. Ashhurst Pro.

State of Pennsylvania Wyoming County
Before Me Henry Love a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Eleanor Gaylord a resident of the Township of Berne in said County and being first duly sworn according to law doth say that she is the widow of Ambrose Gaylord who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and who drew a pension under the acts of Cong- ress of 1828 and that he was a soldier of the Connecticut line and served under Colonel Zebulon Butler and that he was a war man and received his a warrant for his land and that his pension was drawn to the day of his death, and that he died on the 12th day of June AD 1844 - and that she has ever since that time remained his widow and that she now asks for the benefit of the act of Congress of the 17th June AD 1844 and also of the act of the 2nd February AD 1848 and that the certificate of her marriage signed by John Philips Esq and dated at Abington Township Luzerne County and State of Pennsylvania contains a true record of her marriage said certificate which is herewith enclosed is dated the 29th day of August AD 1845
Eleanor her Gaylord mark
Signed in presence of and George H Gaylord Henry Love
I sworn to and subscribed before Me this 29th day of May AD 1848
Henry Love J. Peace
I hereby testify that I am personally acquainted with the above named affiant Mrs Eleanor Gaylord and have known her for upwards of twenty years and that she is the same person that she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit and that full faith and credit should be given to her statements then made and I further testify that it was supposed that at the time she made her declaration that the aforesaid John Philips was dead, but upon going to search for his Records in Luzerne County it was found that he was still living at that time but that it is now said that he is dead May 29. 1848
Henry Love Justice of the Peace

Wyoming County
I P. M. Catehant Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Wyoming County do certify that Henry Luce whose name appears attached to the within certificate and affidavit is a duly elected Justice of the Peace in and for Wyoming County and duly commissioned as such and the signature purporting to be his are genuine. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Tunkhannock this 30 th day of May A.D. 1828.
P. M. Catehant Proth By F. B. Ross

May 1891
Mr. Asbury
A. G. Bush

County of Washington District of Columbia
On this seventeenth (17) day of May 1849, personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for the Coun- ty & District aforesaid, S. H. Pugh who being by me duly sworn, deposes & says, that he is & has been the Agent in the case of Ellenora Gaylord, wid. of Ambrose Gaylord of Penna., in an application for a Pension from the U. States. That he has been infor- med at the Pension Office, that about the last of Feb 1849, the case was admitted & the Certificates sent by mistake to the Rev. David Wilmoth, that he (deponent) has been written to in behalf of Mrs. Gaylord, to know whether the case has been admitted or not & if so why the Certificates have not been forwarded to her. — That he (deponent) has written three times to David Wilmoth, but has received no reply to any communication. He (deponent) very likely be- lieves Wilmoth is either sick or dead from home — that on account of this delay, & also to avoid fur- ther delay he, the pugh asks, that new certificates be issued & sent to this deponent, as he desired to transmit them immediately to the parties.
Subscribed & sworn to before the subscriber on the day & year first above written
Sam. Grubb
Jus of Peace.
S. H. Pugh
Seal

State of Penna County of Lycoming
Be it Known, that on the ninth day of September A.D. 1848, Personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said County, Nicholas Reynolds, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that some three years ago he examined the second book of the marriages solemnized by John Phillips formerly a justice of the peace in and for said County of Lycoming, for the purpose of finding the record of the marriage of Ambrose and Eleanor Gaylor, the said book contained a great many marriages and was of great age, that he found the marriage of the said Ambrose Gaylor recorded in said book in distinct and legible writing and having an ancient appearance, that he cannot state positively the date of said marriage but thinks it was in the year 1793, that he made a certificate giving the date of said marriage just as it was recorded in said record book, that the certificate was signed by said John Phillips and witnessed by deponent, that said certificate was the only one deponent ever made of the record of said marriage, and that said John Phillips died about two years since and he, deponent, was present at his funeral, and that the effects of said Phillips were divided amongst his heirs and were removed some twenty miles from where he died, and that he has made due search for said record book of marriages among the heirs

and that it cannot now be found, and he is sure the date of said certificate marriage in said certificate was taken down just as it was in said record book, and that the facts set forth in the above affidavit are true according to the best of his knowledge and belief and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 9th day of Sept A.D. 1848 C.S. Hallstead J.P. H Reynolds
I hereby certify that the above named H. Reynolds is well known to me, and is a highly respectable man and a credible witness, and that he is now a justice of the Peace and has been since the year A.D. 1840 — C.S. Hallstead
State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
I William Penn Miner, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Luzerne aforesaid, do certify that C.S. Hallstead Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his is a genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Millville this thirteenth day of September A.D. 1848.
W.P. Miner Pro. By Hugh Fell
In proof of marriage of Eleanor Gaylord to Alexander Fisher

Wchoopany Wyoming County Pa May 29. 1850.
G. H. Lewis Esq.
Dear Sir at the request of Mrs Eleanor Gaylord widow of Ambrose Gaylord who was a private in the revolutionary war and a pensioner of the United States I take the liberty to enquire of the you for her thereupon steps to be taken to get the bounty land of the said Ambrose Gaylord she says that he told her that his discharge was lost or burnt up prior to their marriage and that she never saw it. he served in Capt Samuel Panson's company under and in 1780 was attached to the first connecticut regiment commanded by Colonel John Durkee also served under Col. Zebulon Butler & I also send you an exact copy of Mrs Gaylord's pension certificate viz "Duplicated Department of the interior. Widow's Pension I certify that in conformity with the act of February 22. 1848. Eleanor Gaylord widow of Ambrose Gaylord who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. commencing on the 4th of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Issued in lieu of one lost or destroyed dated 22 d February 1849 Given at the department of the Interior this 22 day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. P. Ewing Secretary of the interior =or, examined and countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Mr Gaylord died June 12. 1844 left a widow and several children some of whom have since died leaving heirs and are very much scattered over the country & these are the circumstances in this case and can the land be got for Mrs Gaylord entitled to it or the children or both and is she entitled to more pension than $80. per annum & (turn over)

And now Sir I have given you a brief statement of the facts in the case & after you have examined them if you think that any thing can be done to get the land or to enlarge the widows pension please send the blank forms and fill them up with pencil writing just exactly as you want them filled for I have never seen any such papers drawn up and therefore I dont know how to fill them properly and say particularly by whom they are to be executed I am not a lawyer and therefore want matters made plain & please write to me immediately on the receipt of this letter and give me all the necessary information and oblige yours &
Respectfully your Obt Servt
Henry Love for Mrs Eleanor Gaylord
Detroit June 5 1850
Sir
Will you be so kind as to the enclosed letter of Mrs Gaylord (Widow of Amboac Gaylord A Private of Capt Surgeon Ransoms Compy 1 st Conn. Reg. Col. John Durkee in the War of 1776) Please inform me if she or herself & children are entitled to land for her husbands services
To
Hon J L Edwards Comm of Pensions
Yours Resp
Y. S. Lewis for Priest

Suzerne County ss The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Milton G. Phillips of Kingston in said County and on his solemn oath according to law did depose and say
I am the grand son of John Phillips Esq. deceased of Abington township in the County of Suzerne and State of Pennsylvania. My age is twenty nine years. I am the son of Comer Phillips Esq. deceased. My father was the son of said John Phillips. My father was appointed in the last will and testament of said John Phillips his executor I assisted my father in collecting my grandfather's papers. Among the papers thus left by my grandfather was a small book made by folding some two or three sheets of writing paper together and fastening them in that form. This my grandfather used as a record for marriages performed by him while he officiated in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. It was very old and smoky and dirty and not considered of any importance. My father died before the estate of my grandfather was settled and my Uncle Hosea Phillips was appointed Administrator of the same estate. I was appointed in the last will and testament of my father his executor and the papers of my grandfather came into my possession.
All of said papers that were considered of any importance were delivered to my Uncle Hosea Phillips. I have made diligent search among the papers of my grandfather remaining in my possession to find said book of record of marriages
but have not been able to find said book. I am

the papers of my grandfather remaining in my possession to find said book of record of marriages
but have not been able to find it. From the appearance of the book no one I am sure would consider it worth preserving; and it has probably been destroyed or lost. And further deposition with not known and subscribe } Milton G. Phillips Feby 8 th A.D. 1849 before } me. }
Henry Woodhull D.P.
I certify that I have been acquainted with the said Milton G. Phillips for upwards of two years and that he is a credible and reliable witness and that he is Executor of the Estate of Comr Phillips deceased.
Hington Feby. 8 th 1849 } Henry Woodhull D.P.
Luzerne County ss.
Before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Nicholas Reynolds Esq. of Abington Township Luzerne County Pennsylvania And on his solemn oath according to law did depose and say.
I am now acting as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and have been since the year 1840. I live within two miles of the residence of the late John Phillips Esq. I once took a certified copy from a record kept by said John Phillips Esq of marriages of Ambrose Gaylord and Eleanor Comstock. said Certificate was taken in the year 1845 or 1846 or it may be later but it was taken a few months before his death. I should think the record kept by him of marriages was made by folding two or three sheets of paper together about the size of a small memorandum book. It had the appearance of great age and was very smoky

appearance of years ago and was very smoky and dirty. I should not think any one would be very likely to preserve said record of marriages as it did not appear to be of any importance. I have lately called upon the grandson of said John Phillips living upon the old gentleman's estate when he died and made search for the record but it could not be found. I also called upon said John Phillips daughter in law and made search and inquiry for said book she knew he had once such a book and described it correctly but did not know where it was. I also called yesterday (Feb. 7 th ) and made diligent inquiry of John Phillips son for the book but he had no knowledge of the book. Said Horace Phillips is a son of said John Phillips and the present administrator of said John Phillips estate. I called yesterday upon Milton G. Phillips grandson of said John Phillips and son of Corner Phillips deceased, said Corner Phillips having been until his death the executor of the estate of said John Phillips. He recollected his grandfather and had a book of record of marriages and described it correctly. He made diligent search for it among the papers of his grandfather remaining in his possession but the book could not be found. The book I am satisfied cannot be found. It has probably been thrown away or destroyed as any person not knowing what it was would not consider it worth preserving.
And further deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed } S Reynolds Feby 8 th A.D. 1849 before me } Henry Woodhouse D.P. Seal
I certify that I have been acquainted with the said Nicholas Reynolds for several years and consider him a reliable and credible witness Hinton Feby. 8 th 1849
Henry Woodhouse D.P.
I certify that that above named witnesses were duly qualified and examined by me

And further deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed } J Reynolds Feby 8 th A.D. 1849 before me } Henry Woodhouse D.P. Seal
I certify that I have been acquainted with the said Nicholas Reynolds for several years and consider him a reliable and credible witness Hingham Feby. 8 th 1849
Henry Woodhouse D.P.
I certify that the above named witnesses were duly qualified and examined by me at my office in Hingham Township in said County on the 8 th day of February A.D. 1849
Before Henry Woodhouse D.P. Seal
Luzerne County ss.
I certify that Henry Woodhouse before whom the above affidavits were made is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Luzerne duly qualified and having author- ity to administer oaths and the signature purporting to be his is genuine in his own proper hand written Witness my hand & seal of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of Luzerne County this eighth day of February A.D. 1849
N. J. Miree
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said Co.

House of Reps Washington Febr. 15 th 1849
I knew John Phillips Esq, and also his sons Hosea & Homer, they were men of character and standing. I think I know Milton B. Phillips a son of Homer and if he is the one I have in my recollection he also is a man of truth & veracity in whose statements full confidence may be placed. I am well acquainted with Nicholas Reynolds Esq. a justice of the peace of Luzerne County Penn: - He is a man of unexceptionable character for integrity, truth & veracity and entitled to credit. Mr Woodhull is also a justice of the peace, they all were or are residents of the same County in which I reside
Chester Butler

Rec: Jan'y 27. 1844
No. 59
Eleazar Gaylord Cram of Auburn Pa
Oct 17 June 1844
Island Penn Philadelphia Pennsylvania Dec 1844
which from 1781 in the War-

State of Pennsylvania } ss Wyoming County }
On the 25 th Day of December
One thousand Eight hundred forty four Reasonably Afraid in Open Court before the honorable Wm Jessup President & his associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas & General quarter Sessions of the Peace holden atunkhamock in And for the County aforesaid Louisa Rothbone & Benjamin Overfield both Residents of Brantrim Wyoming County Pennsylvania & Made Oath in Due form of Law that they were Present At the Late Residence of Ambrose Gaylord In Brantrim township County & State aforesaid Late Pensioner of the United States & that the said Ambrose Gaylord Died on the twelveth Day of June A.D. 1844 & further Saith not
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court Dec. 28 th 1844.
B Overfield Louisa Rothbone
Wm Jessup Associate Judge
State of Pennsylvania } ss Wyoming County }
I James Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, holden atunkhamock in and for the said County of Wyoming do hereby certify that Wm. Jessup is one of the Associate Judges of
the several Courts holden atunkhamock in and for the County of Wyoming aforesaid and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office atunkhamock this 22 nd day of January one thousand eight hundred forty five James Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas

Declaration

State of Pennsylvania } Wyoming County - - - }
Wyoming County - ss Be it known that on the second day of November A D one thousand eight hundred and forty eight before Me Wm. C. Gayne one of the associate judges of the court of common Pleas in and for said Wyoming County, personally appeared Eleanor Gaylord, a highly Respectable lady, aged eighty five years and now a resident of the Township of Braintree in the County and State aforesaid, and who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration on her solemn oath in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress of 17th June 1844 and 24 February 1848 that She is the widow of Ambrose Gaylord who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, at the time of his death at the rate of $80. per annum, and that he died on the 12th day of June A D one thousand eight hundred and forty four and that She was married to the said Ambrose Gaylord on the ninth day of September A D one thousand seven hundred and ninety three by John Philips Esq who was then an acting justice of the Peace in and for Luzerne County and State aforesaid, and that She was not married to him the said Ambrose Gaylord prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place before the first day of January A D one thousand seven hundred and ninety four as above stated, And in my former declaration I stated that the said John Philips by whom I was married was dead, this I verily believed from the fact of his having left his place of residence where he resided at the time that I knew him and from having heard that he was dead, but on a subsequent enquiry I was informed that he was then living, and that he has since died & sworn and subscribed in presence of us this second day of November A D 1848 Eleanor her G Gaylord
Elmer her G. Taylor must
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Eleanor Gaylord, and that she is unable to be taken into open court on account of her age and bodily infirmities and that it would be imprudent to do so, as she resides quite a distance from the County Court.

State of Pennsylvania Wyoming County. — 388
Be it known that on the sixth day of November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty eight. Before Me Ira Avery one of the Justices of the Peace — — — — — for and for said county, personally appeared Henry Lane and being duly sworn according to law deposed and saith that in the Spring or Summer of 1845 he was assisting Mrs Eleanor Gaylord in collecting the necessary evidence to establish her claim for a pension and that when he was shown the certificate of marriage from John Philips Esq that from some unknown cause he formed an impression that the date of the marriage did not bring her within the provision of the act of Congress and that she was not entitled to a pension, and that this deponent told her the said Eleanor Gaylord that she was not entitled to a pension, which he now verily believes was the reason why the said Eleanor Gaylord did not prosecute her claim to effect as she had then begun and has caused the delay & further saith not sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of November A.D 1848 Before Me Ira Avery J.P.
Henry Lane

State of Pennsylvania Wyoming County
W. S. Peter, M. O. Ostrhout Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Wyoming County do certify that Miss C. Jayne before whom the foregoing
declaration was made and who certified that the said Eleanor Gaylord is unable to be taken into open Court, is now and was at the time of executing the same one of the acting associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his authority and jurisdiction as Judge continues during vacation as well as in term time of said Court and that full faith and credit are due to all his acts as such Judge and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. And I do further certify that the foregoing declaration of Eleanor Gaylord made before the said Miss C. Jayne is entered of Record in said Court. And further that Ira Avery Egle before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and subscribed is and was at the time thereof a Regular acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the signature thereunto subscribed is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this 8th day of Nov. A.D. 1848 —
P. M. Ostrhout Proth.

Declaration , in order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the first of March 1823. —
State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, ss
§ § §
On the third day of August, 1825, personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record for the said County of Luzerne, Ambrose Gaylord, resident in the said County, aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th of March 1818, and the first of Mar 1820 — That he the said Ambrose Gaylord enlisted in September 1776 for the term of three years, or during the pleasure of Congress (as expressed in the enlistment) in a Company commanded by Captain Samuel Ransom, at that time attached to no particular Regiment, being called Independent; afterwards, in the year 1780, was attached to and incorporated with the first Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Col. John Durkee, of the Connecticut line, upon the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Caps until about the 8th day of June 1783, when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the State of New York, having been shortly previous to that time attached to the Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Col. Zebulon Butler; and that his name has been placed on the Pension List, and dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the act of May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the first day of March 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged

in the land and naval services of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed the 18 th day of March, 1818. — And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. —
I have no property whatever, clothing and bedding excepted, and not much of them. — By profession formerly a Blacksmith, but by reason of age and want of sight, am unable to follow the trade. —
My wife, Deanna Gaylord, aged fifty six years, by reason of bodily infirmity unable to labor or take care of household affairs; — but we are both of us dependent on our children for support, who are poor.
My children who live with me are three, two daughters and a son: — first, Louisa, aged near fifteen years, in good health; 2 d Susan, thirteen years old, also in health; 3 d George Hamilton, ten years old in health — Valuation of Property, Nothing.
And that since the exhibition of my first schedule an entire change has been made in my property, and the whole of it disposed of and sold for the payment of my debts, or used in support of my family — that is,
100 acres of Land, situate in Braintree Township — to Samuel & Ann Brown for $500.00 Gaylord, 28 December 1824 — the amt. of a lien against it, & the money ap- propriated accordingly
3 Cows — one accidentally killed, the other two went to Samuel London, 14 Oct 1821 for $20.00 to pay a debt due to Samuel London

2 Old Horses, one died of old age and the other was sold for Wolf bait — — — — — To Julius Cogswell 1 Dec. 1821 for 4.00 Received in grain & feed in my family.
One Waggon — was old & since worn out by use.
One Harrow & one Ox chain, both worn out.
2 Hogs, both killed & used in my family.
Amount of property sold and appropriated to the other small articles mentioned in my former Schedule, which cannot be recollected, not having by me a copy of it, are all either worn out, broken or lost, so that I have not, to my recollection, one of them in my possession. — $544.00
Peter Panin owes me about $300.00, but he ran away about five years ago, since which time I could never hear any thing from him, and have undoubtedly lost it. —
In addition to the Debts, for the payment of which my property has been sold, I still owe the following:
  To the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which is still a lien on the above land —  259.00    To Philadelphia Bank, including interest & cost  130. —    To Benjamin Durance, on the original purchase, of the above described land — Int. Host —  112.00    To William Bramhall — — — — —  43.00    To Samuel Hayden, Doctor's Bill — — — — —  56.00    To Levi Milledge, Esq. — — — — —  43.02    To Daniel Stating — — — — —  42.00    To Judg. in favor of Nicholas Overfield — — —  100. —     $785.02  
Sworn to and declared on the third day of August, in Open Court before me, A.D. 1825. C. D. Shoemaker, Pub.
Nathaniel Gaylord

State of Pennsylvania, Luzerne County ss,
I Charles D. Shoemaker, Prothono- tary of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record in and for said County, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Abraham Gaylord did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the Com- mon enemy for the term of nine months, under an en- gagement, on the Continental Establishment - I also cer- tify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court; that the total amount, in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this third day of August A. D. 1825.
C. D. Shoemaker Proth.
210 m 4

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
Personally appeared in the Court of Common-Pleas of Luzerne County being a Court of record proceeding according to the course of the Common law. Ambrose Gaylord who being duly sworn did depose and say that he is the same person who exhibited his schedule to the said Court on the 8 th of August 1820. for the purpose of procuring his pension under the acts of Congress of 18 th March 1818. and first of May 1820. that one of the debts mentioned in his schedule. to wit the debt of ninety six dollars, was the balance of a judgment in the Common Pleas of said County at the time he made his schedule and a lien upon his land due by the deponent to his security, to the Philadelphia Bank, and that one other of the said debts mentioned to wit, the one of seventy dollars was also the balance of a similar judg t in the same Court against the deponent due to Benjamin Dorrance given to John Dorrance and that both the debts still remain due - and that these facts were inadvertently omitted to be stated in his former schedule. The deponent further states that there was also and still is a judg t in the same Court against him in favor of Nicholas Overfield for one hundred and fifty dollars not stated in his former schedule on account of its being a conditional judg t & that on account of the inability of deponent to comply with the condition the judg t has become absolute. The deponent further states that his circumstances remain the same as on the 8 th August 1820, except that he is poorer and less able to support himself, and that he stands in the same need of the assistance of his Country —
Ambrose Gaylord
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court Nov. 8 th 1822 Samuel Maffet. Prob.

In the Common Pleas of Luzerne County of the Term of November 1804.
John Dorrance } Judg t Confessed — $ 551. 34 N o 58 " vs } Costs — 5 " 20 Ambrose Gaylord } Fide Jan. 7. 1806 — 1. 00 al a u a Jan. 1810 — 1 " 00
Nicholas Overfield } Ap l Term 1837. N o 47 " vs } Judg t — $150. 00 Ambrose Gaylord }
Philadelphia Bank } August Term 1821 N o 470 " vs } Judg t — $186. 00 Ambrose Gaylord } Costs — 14. 36 Lucia Gaylord & } Int from 27. Aug 1821. David Shoemaker }
State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss:
I Samuel Moffet Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Luzerne (The same being a Court of Record) do certify that the within is a true Copy of the Original Deposition of Ambrose Gaylord as taken and subscribed in open Court and remaining on file among the Records thereof — and that the above three transcripts shew the state of the Record of the Judgments referred to in the said Deposition, which three Judgments above recited remain open and unsatisfied upon the Records of the said Court as above stated — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Wilkesbarre this twenty eighth day of December Anno Domini 1823.
Samuel Moffet Prot.

Mr Edward 1. March 1823, pa
Ambrose Gaylord
Recd June 1823
Hon. John D. Sleeper Secretary of the War Department Washington City
Wilkesbarre May 29
ms 2 June 1824

State of Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County ss.
On the fifth day of April 1824 personally appeared in open court being the board of commissioners there and of record in and for said county Ambrose Gaylord resident in said county of the age of sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law took an oath make the following declaration, in order to attain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that in the said Ambrose Gaylord enlisted for the term of _____ on the _____ day of September in the year 1775 in the State of Penn na in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Ransom in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Zebulon Butler in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps till the end of the war, and was discharged at West Point in the State of New York (and received a pension certificate N o 2404)
that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property. And in pursuance of the act of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to so diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contract or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property
Ambrose Gaylord
Schedule of property now owned
  2 Rakes  1. Tea Kettle  1. old table    2 old sythes  6. Broken Rakes & forks  1. old stool    6 old chains  5. Dug hill forks  1. broken Brass Kettle    1. Iron pot  1. old Sorrow  5 Tea cups and saucers    1. - Kettle  2 old axes  6. plates      5 Geese  

Above 100 acres of land poor & about 30 of it under a poor state of improvement, the remainder in a state of nature. One debt of about $90. due some from Solomon Rapp supposed to be good but he has now become insolvent
I am indebted in the following sums
  Due the state of Penn. about $288. ~ & a lien on my farm   " The Philad. a Bank in Susq. t 96. ~ with int. and costs Interest & costs   " John Donora & Co in Susq. t 70. ~ with int. and costs some former   " William Brumbaugh 40. ~ with interest schedule to   " Samuel Haysom 55. ~ with int. be added   " Daniel Shultz 42. ~ with int.   " Nicholas Overfield in Susq. t 150. ~   " Jas. L. Frazier 9. with interest 
The Susq. t to Nicholas Overfield is conditioned to give a title to a tract of land. And if the amount due the state was paid there would be nothing due to Overfield
I am by trade a blacksmith but by reason of age and bodily infirmity I am unable to labor, and have residing with me and dependent on me, for maintenance the following family to wit,
My wife Eleanor aged fifty two years and infirm and four children to wit,    Yild -  20 years of age    Eleanor -  17 - - - - -    Jemima -  14 - - - - -    Susan -  12 - - - - -    George Hamilton  8 - - - - -  
List of property in former schedule not now owned by me to wit,
3 Cows - - - - - 2 sold to Samuel Sandon in Oct. 1820 for $30. in discharge of an old due him 1. was killed by accident 4 Yearlings - - - - - 2. died. 1. killed for beef & 1. exchanged for a cow for beef

4. Cakes ————— 1. died & 3 killed and eat up 2. Hogs ————— both killed and eat up 1. Rake ————— Worn out 1. Old wagon — — — — Worn out 2 old horses — — — — 1. died with old age & the other sold for $4.00 for horse bait 1. Old table — — — — broken to pieces 10. gun ————— bought by the Foyes
Sworn & subscribed in open court April 5. 1824
Ambrose Gaylord
Chas D Shoemaker Foot
Suzanne County
I Chas D Shoemaker Notary Public of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Suzanne do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Ambrose Gaylord did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the fore- going declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under an engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are true copies from the records of the said court, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is five hundred six dollars and
and. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 8th. day of May A. D. 1824.
Chas D Shoemaker Notary

Know all men by these presents that I Ambrose Gaylord of Braintree Township and County of Luzerne State of Pennsylvania do for and in consideration of five hundred and ten dollars to me in hand paid by Thomas Gaylord and Ambrose Gaylord Sons of said Braintree do give grant bargain sell and convey to the said Thomas and Ambrose Gaylord Son One hundred acres of Land belonging to Lot No 15 in the township of said Braintree lying on the North part of said Lot bounded by Nicholas Overfield on the South and East for further boundaries aforesaid may be had to the patent for said Land To have and to hold the above described piece of Land or parcel of the said Ambrose Gaylord do warrant and defend the above conveyed Land to the said Thomas Gaylord and Ambrose See to their heirs and assigns free and clear from any one claiming by or under me with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging Witness my hand and Seal this 28 day of December 1824
Witness present Henry O'Laughlin Samuel Woodruff
Ambrose Gaylord Seal
I do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original now in the hands of Henry O'Laughlin one of the attesting witnesses of the same for said Country Ambrose Gaylord and do acknowledge the above written instrument to be his free act and deed and executed it by signing his own name thereto Given under my hand and Seal this 28th day of
December 1824
Henry O'Laughlin

Linn County No 3 Records in the office for recording Deeds in and for said County in Deed Book No 23 page 254 Witness my hand and seal of office at Wilkesboro the 4 th day of May 1820
Sealed Isaac Harbottle Andrew Payton To Samuel D. Linn
Luzerne

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution" approved the 10th of May 1828
I Ambrose Payson of Braintree in the County of Sussex in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the War, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a Private in Captain Samuel Hunsay Company in Col. Ishak Westcott's Regiment Connecticut Line and I also declare that I afterward received a certificate for the sum of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a Resolution of Congress passed the 15 May 1778 and I further declare that I was not on the 15 th day of March 1828 on the Pension List of the United States.
Braintree Sussex County July 30 1828
Ambley Gaylord
Be it known that before me Esquire Henry Esgin one of the Justices of the Peace in the County of Sussex and State of Pennsylvania personally appeared Ambrose Payson this day July 30 th 1828 and made Oath by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is genuine, impartial and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in America at the time stated.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this day July 30 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight Joseph Mary 3 Justice of the Peace

Lycoming County Pa.
I Charles D. Shoemaker Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas for Lycoming County. Do certify that Ezekiel Mowrey Esq. before whom the within oath was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at Wilkes barre the fifth day of August A.D. 1828
C.D. Shoemaker Pro.
Lycoming County } Be it known that on the 5 th day of Pennsylvania } September A.D. 1828 before me Ezekiel Mowrey one of the Justices of the Peace in the County aforesaid Daniel Stirling and Ebenezer Potter of the aforesaid Township personally appeared and made Oath that Amos Gayton the signor of the within declaration is the same Amos Gayton who served in the Army of the American Revolution according to the best of their knowledge and belief
Daniel Stirling Ebenezer Potter
Sworn and subscribed to this 5 th day of September 1828
Before me Ezekiel Mowrey J. Peace
Oct 1828 Letter of Spencer to with enclosure File # 41366

Weston Aug 1828
22 Aug
The Pay at Washington City
Infantry Regiments The Pay of the Infantry Regiments was paid by the Q.M. Dept.
Act 1828 settled at Treasury Board with Journal File # 41,566
Aug 15. 1828. No. 16.
1017 Revolutionary War Pension John Patten John Patten John Patten

No. of Original paymt 696 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Sept. 16. 1828
Ambrose Gaylord , of Braintree , in the County of Luzerne , in the State of Pennsylvania , has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Ransom 's company, in Col. Z. Butler's regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
22 nd September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Ambrose Gaylord in the Connecticut line
It further appears that Ambrose Gaylord  not is now on the pension list of the  any  not agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
John Hagner
payment

District of Pennsylvania ss: —
On this 8 th day of August Anno Domini 1820. personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas, held -in at Wilkes Barre for the County of Luzerne being a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings. Ambrose Gaylord aged sixty five years resident in Luzerne County in said district who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by acts of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818. and the 1 st of May 1820.. That he served in the Re- -volutionary War in the Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Hanson in the Regiment commanded by Col. Zebulon Butler in the line of the State of Connecticut and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18 th of March 1818. his Certificate being numbered 2,404. —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citi- -zen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any man- -ner disposed of any property or any part thereof with in- -tent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of "An act to provide for certain persons en- -gaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed —
Ambrose Gaylord —

Schedule of my property
I have besides necessary clothing and bedding
  Three Cows — $45. — one Old Wagggon — $15.00   four Yearlings — 20 one a c . Harrow — 2.00   four Calves — 8 two Horses Old — 20.00   Two Hogs 1 year Old — 8 two Old Axes   Three Old Rakes — 37 1/2 two Old Tables   two Old Scythes one Old Chest   Six Old Chairs 37 37 one broken basket   one Iron pot broken 328.37 five Tea Cups & Saucers   one Iron Kettle a c . 500 Six Plates   one a c . Tea Kettle 628.37 fifteen Geese   Six broken Knives & Forks five Young live Fowls — 
about one hundred acres of land one third is third rate and two thirds fourth rate (p r . State Commissioners surveys) worth about $500. —
the following debts are due me and recoverable
one Debt of Ninety
I am indebted in the following sums — one Debt of two hundred eighty eight Dollars or thereabouts due the State of Pennsylvania which debt is a lien on my lands
 one Debt of forty Dollars.  one debt of fifty five Dollars.  one debt of forty two Dollars  one debt of Ninety six Dollars.  one debt of Twenty Dollars  one debt of Nine Dollars 
I am by trade a Blacksmith but by reason of age & infirmities am not able to pursue that occupation. I have a family of six children residing with me and my wife Eleanor aged forty eight years and is infirm like myself
 Ambrose my Eldest Son is 19 years October next  Giles — aged 17 years February a c .  Eleanor Daughter 14 years July last  Lovica a c aged 11 years March next  Susan a c aged 9 years October a c .  George Hamilton Son aged 5 years August 

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
I Samuel Maffet Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Luzerne do certify hereby that the foregoing Bath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court, it being a Court of Record. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said that the total amount in value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Six Hundred and twenty eight Dollars and thirty seven cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty eighth day of December Anno Domini 1822.
Samuel Maffet Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Ambrose Williams in the 1st Regiment, having faithful- ly served the United States from 15 Sept 1776 and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 14 June 1783
By His Excellency Command
J. Shumball
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Louis Adjuant
THE above James has been honored with the Green badge of MERIT for faithful Service.
J. B. G. Love

By His EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Ambrose Gannett, Private in the 10th Regiment, having faith- ly served the United States from 15 Sept. 1776 and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 7 June 1783
By His Exc: Command J. Trumbull
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment.
Adutant for GE of MERIT for faithful Service
THE above been honored with the faithful Service.

Rev. Joseph Elliott Bradford Co Pa 7. 74-5 Pa penr:
1818 ✓ Obadiah Gre ✓ 41 D.F. 39601
1818 ✓ Mrs. Mauldin ✓ 41 D.F. 3312
Lebbeus Hammond ✓ don't know about Lebbeus Hammond no claim
Rev. penr  William Payne Lycoming Co Pa
1818 ✓ Rufus Bennett ✓ 100-189 " " W 3378 37 241011
1818 ✓ Brig. Bidwell ✓ " " D.F. 39991
1818 ✓ Andrew Guyton ✓ " " D.F. 41586
1818 ✓ Luke Sweetland ✓ " " D.F. 40546
1832 ✓ Nathan Beach 185- ✓ " " W.F. 10294 ✓
1832 Lebbeus " " "
1828 ✓ Geo P. Ransom 199 " " awid F. 2694
1828 ✓ Thos Williams ✓ " " 49096 1/2 Thomas Williams
1828 John  Green ✓ " " D.F. 9730 -
1818 ✓ Stephen Barron ✓ " " D.F. 39960
1832 Elisha Blackman ✓ " " D.F. 2084 ✓
1905
35000

v Rec 44-111 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
July 30 - 1915
Commission of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear sir will you kindly send me copy of application -ins for Rev. War Pension made by Eleanor Gaylord, wife of Ambrose Gaylord, a Rev. soldier who served from Luzerne, co. Penn. He died June 12. 1844. They lived in Braintree, Luzerne, co. Pa. and any other information your records may give of Ambo- -rose Gaylord, or his family
Yours Resp
Sister B. Clarke 466. Greys Road St. James Parish Winnipeg Canada

Commissioner of Pensions Rev Sec Washington D.C. left
Dear Sir;—
Will you please send me a copy of the pension application of Ambrose Gaylord who served in the Revolutionary War. Services rendered in the Hocking Valley Pa. He was born in Norwich Conn 1749 & died in Black Walnut June 12 1844.

Page 645 Comm. Men in the Revolution lists Ambrose Gaylord, as a pensioner.
Thanking you in advance Yours Truly
Mrs H. Arthur Bartlett
Wyandotte, P. R.
June 5, 1916.

ELEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE LINDEN STREET SCRANTON
Penna
Pension Bureau Washington D. C.
Will you please furnish me with a copy of Ambrose Paylord's pension certificate, and, if he had one, that of Ensign John Comstock of Kingston Pa. I am asking this to assist a lady in Canada, in procuring papers of eligibility to the D. A. R.
Yours sincerely - Eleanor F. Wilcox - (Mrs H. A. Wilcox)
March 11. 1913.

3906 P. O. Eleanor Gaylord Service: Widow of Absalom Consolidated July 3 1828 with Enlisted: admitted Widow Eleanor, 18 Discharged: Gaylord File n o 4647 18 in riot
Application filed: REJECTED , 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

1913, Dec. 22. Hist. to Mrs. W. A. Wilcox, Fr.
1915, Aug. 9. History to Ida B. Clarye. Fr.
1916, June 10. History to Mrs. H. Arthur Bartlett.
Reoy  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4677
Eleanor Gaylord Widow Ambrose Gaylord Brn Rev. War
Act: Foley, 2 nd 1848
Index:—Vol. et , Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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26 of New York
Chauncy Gaylord
of Newburgh in the State of New York who was a Private in the Continental by Captain Hildreth of the 1st Regt by Col. Hand in the Continental line for 10 1/2 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 35 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Novr 1832 — and sent to Clerk Onondaga Co. Ct Court
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $32.50 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Mo 1833 17.50 $70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book D. Vol. 5. Page 92

In Matter of Chauncy Gaylord Applicant for Pension
8631

State of New York Onondaga County
On this 14 th day of September A.D. 1882 personally appeared in open court holden in said County before Daniel Mosely Esquire, Circuit Judge of the Seventh Circuit in said State and Vice Chan- cellor therein, being the court of Chancery Chancery in said Circuit Chauncy Gaylord a resident of the town of Marcellus in the aforesaid County, aged 75 years the 14 th day of February last past - who being first duly sworn deposited according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the Service of United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. So with in the month of April 1777 was drafted for eight months - and served under and in Captain Kimball's Company of Simsbury Connecticut. Lieutenant Hitchcock, Cheshire. Same State, their Christian names not recollected. The 2 d Lieutenant was not in the Service at the time he was  being indisposed or unwell the Company belonged to Col. Chandler's regiment who was from or belonged at Newtown - Nehemiah Rice was the Adjutant's name - the names of the other officers not recollected. Was marched from Cheshire where he lived and enlisted when drafted to Danbury which was a place of rendez- vous, and arrived there ten days after the burning of that place - marched thence to Peekskill stayed there until the latter part of summer then marched to New Bedford - was about four weeks on the march there served about 20 19 days as guard or baggage - from thence was marched to Germantown and was in the Germantown battle in which 20 men of Colonel Chandler's regiment were killed taken prisoners, and among the number was Mitchell the orderly sergeant of the company - from thence marched to the fort at Red Bank, from there to Red Bank remained there about two weeks when the fort was attacked by the British and taken - Captain Stodard of Woodbridge or Woodbury and Capt. Brown of New Haven Conn. were killed - this was as near as he can recollect in November 1777. From thence marched to Valley Forge and there encamped and remained until the first of January when he was discharged and returned home to Cheshire. In the preceding year 1776 was called out as a militia man and went to New York where he served about four six weeks. He then returned home - Ephraim Kimball  Tracy was Captain of the Com- pany - Aaron Cook Orderly Sergeant - the names of the other officers not recollected -

In the same year he was called out as a militia man and marched to Stamford Conn. where he remained about six weeks when he was dismissed and went home - Served as Guard at Stamford or near there under a Sargeant by the name of Hotchkiss who belonged to the aforesaid Town of Cheshire - Christian name not recollected -
He was born in Bristol formerly called New Cambridge, went from Bristol to Cheshire where he resided 4 or 5 years returned to Bristol resided there 3 or 4 years then removed to Burlington in Connecticut where he resided from 2 to 3 years - then removed to Harrington in Litchfield county Conn. resided there between five and six years - returned to Burlington and resided there about 17 years - From thence removed to in the year 1807 Otis County of Onondaga - State of New York in the month of February 1816 where he remained until the last year when he removed to Marcellus the place of his present residence. He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person except who lived as he informed somewhere in the county of New Haven Connecticut, whose testimony can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed, the day and year first aforesaid.
Daniel Mosley for Vincent Sledge for Chauncy Gaylord
I Daniel Smith Residing in the town of Otis in the County of Onondaga - State of New York do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Chauncy Gaylord who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be 70 years of age or upwards, that I have often heard my Father Dan Smith of New Haven County say that the said Chauncy Gaylord served with him as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he has always been reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid
Daniel Mosley for Vincent Sledge for Daniel Smith
Residing in the town of Otis do hereby certify that I am well acquainted

I James Seabridge a Clergyman residing in the town of Bonney late in the town of Otsego do hereby certify that I am well acquaint- ed with Chauncy Gaylord who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 75 years of age; that he is repu- ted and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided in Otsego to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I concur in that opinion. Sworn, and subscribed the day and year last aforesaid.
Daniel Mosely Correct Judge
James Seabridge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the in- vestigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Chauncy Gaylord  James Seabridge who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and that Daniel Moss Smith who has subscribed the other certificate and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Mosely
I Daniel Mosely Deputy Clerk of the Court for the State of New York of Utica for the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origi- nal proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Chauncy Gaylord for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Daniel Mosely Deputy Clerk

8631
Chauncey Gaylord
remitted
10 1/2 mo.
21 $35 17.50
52
Chas L. Bundy Co

BRIEF in the case of  Chauncy Gaylord  of  Starellus  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy five years. 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     disptd In 1777 apl. 8 As a Gen. Capt Kimball, Col Chandler   1776. 1 Capt Cook.   " 1 1/2  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Gunntown,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cheshire Conn't,  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? of Clapp man & Danl Smith likely to traditional evidence, & Mahemah Smith, likely to traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Smith Examining Clerk.

December 8, 1928
Mrs. Lewis M. Howe R.R. 4, Anderson Indiana
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13112, it appears that Chauncy Gaylord was born February 14, 1757 in Bristol (formerly called New Cambridge) Connecticut.
While a resident of Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, he enlisted in 1776 and served as a private four weeks in Captain Ephraim Cook's Company.
Again in 1776 he enlisted and served as a guard six weeks under Sergeant Hotchkiss.
In April 1777 he enlisted and served as a private in Captain Kimball's Company, Colonel Chandler's Connecticut Regiment, until January 1778. He was in the battles of Germantown and Mud Fort.
He was allowed pension on his application excused September 14, 1832 while a resident of Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York.
There are no family data on file.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

State of New York 3 p. Queens Co. 3 p.
Reuben Smith of the town of Flower in the county of Queens being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he knows Chauncy Gayland of the town of Manlius who now appears with said Smith, for the purpose of procuring this deposition. That this deponent formerly resided in the town of Glastonbury in the county of New Haven and state of Connecticut, that he has frequently heard his father say that he was out with the said Chauncy Gayland, in the service in the Revolutionary War in the year 1777, that they were at Red Bank that they were at Valley Forge near Philadelphia and were there discharged, after being out about eight months, that on returning home they were both taken sick together on the road, & were met at the North River by Ephraim Smith the uncle of this deponent & that he has heard the said Ephraim Smith say that this same Chauncy Gayland now residing in the town of Manlius is the same person whom with deponent's father he met at the North River - Reuben Smith
Queens Co. 4 p.
On this fifteenth day of September 1832 before me came Reuben Smith the person described in and who has subscribed the above deposition, and being duly sworn by me, and known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition, acknowledged that the facts set forth in said deposition are true, & I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Reuben Smith, that he is a man of

good character & that full faith & credit may be placed in his deposition
James M. Allen Justice of the Peace
State of New York } County of Onondaga } p.
I Reuben S. Hef Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James M. Allen before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name above subscribed to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 18th day of September 1832.
R. S. Hef Clerk

Rev. War Section
mmstf
September 10, 1923
Honorable Addison T. Smith House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Smith:
In response to your letter of the 7" inst., requesting information for Mrs. H. B. Kirkpatrick of Pittsburgh, Penn., I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13113 it appears that Chauncy, or Chauncy Gaylord was born February 14, 1757 in Bristol (formerly called New Cambridge) Connecticut.
While a resident of Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut he enlisted in 1776 and served as a private four weeks in Captain Ephraim Cook's Company.
Again in 1776 he enlisted and served as a guard six weeks under Sergeant Hotchkiss.
In April 1777 he enlisted and served as a private in Captain Kimball's Company, Colonel Chan-

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dler's Connecticut Regiment, until January 1778. He was in the battles of Germantown and Mud Fort.
He was allowed pension on his application ex- ecuted September 14, 1832 while a resident of Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York.
There is no family data on file.
Sincerely,
Acting Commissioner.
Date of death not on file.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Chauncy Gaylord a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( as his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. b. 13, 1712
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 4 wks. Private Ephraim Cook ✓ Conn.   6 wks. as guard under Sergt. Hutchins Hutchins ✓   Feb. 1777 to Jan. 1778 Private Kimball Chandler  
Battles engaged in, Germantown & Red Bank. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cheshire, Conn. Date of application for pension, Sept 14, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, born Feb. 14, 1757 at New Cambridge, Conn. (afterwards called Bristol.) Remarks: there is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

R.R. 4, Anderson, Ind., Dec. 3, '28.
To the Pension Commissioner,
Dear Sir:—
In reply to your letter of Nov. 26, advising that you can furnish only two Revolutionary Soldiers' pension records to one person, I would like records on the following.
Chauncy Gaylord, born Bristol, Conn., Feb. 14, 1757, married Ruth Bunnell. They lived at different times later in Cheshire and Farmington, Conn., and Otisco and Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N.Y. He died at Marcellus, 1844. His wife had died 1835. I had supposed his enlistment was in Connecticut, but as he does not appear in records of that state, it must have been in New York State.

Ebenezer Clark, born Mansfield 2 , Conn. , Rowley, Mass., Oct. 19, 1717, m. 1 st in Mansfield, Conn., Sept. 2, 1740, Ann Clark. They resided in Mansfield until about 1777 when they removed to Somers (or Ellington), Conn. where his wife died in 1779. He married 2 nd about 1781 Elizabeth Stilwell. He died in Somers Nov. 13, 1807. His widow died 1809.
Thanking you and hoping to hear from you soon, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Lewis M. Howe
R.R. 4, Anderson, Ind.

Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
O. W. & N. I. S. C. In. 13112 Rev. War
September 7th 1923
Honorable Washington Gardner, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Commissioner:
Mrs. H. B. Kirkpatrick of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has made application for membership in the Daughters of American Revolution and has been requested to furnish a copy of the pension record of her Revolutionary ancestor, Chauncy Gaylord.
This soldier served during 1776 and 1777 and at the time of enlistment resided at Burlington, Connecticut. He applied for pension on September 14, 1832 and his claim was allowed.
If you will kindly forward to me a copy of these records, certified to if necessary, I will at once send them to Mrs. Kirkpatrick.
Very truly yours,
Addison T. Smith B

Rev Sec Beatrice M. Br. H 708 Lincoln
June 17-1917
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Please inform me if Chauncy Gaylord or Gaillard, was a pensioner of the Revolutionary and what was his service
Yours Truly,
(Mrs) J. C. Wright.

THE SPACE ABOVE IS RESERVED FOR POSTMARK. POSTAL CARD. THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
OMAD
Miss Pension Bureau Washington D.C.

97 Chestnut St.
Binghamton N.Y.
Aug 29. 1905.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give the Revolutionary record of Chauncy Gaylord , of Bristol Conn. He was a pensioner. Many thanks S.D. Crafts

Perkins
✓ 13112 INVALID.
No. 13 112
Chauncy Gaylord Pr. Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 135
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Sept. 8, 1905 History to S. D. Crafts, Binghamton N.Y. 1917 June 25. Mrs. S. C. Wright. 1922 Sept. 10. Hist. to Hon. Addison L. Smith for Mrs. H. B. Kirkpatrick 1928 Dec. 8. Hist. to Mrs. Lewis M. Howe